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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

Déjà la nuit en son parc amassait
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Déjà la nuit en son parc amassait
Un grand troupeau d'étoiles vagabondes,
Et, pour entrer aux cavernes profondes,
Fuyant le jour, ses noirs chevaux chassait ;

Déjà le ciel aux Indes rougissait,
Et l'aube encor de ses tresses tant blondes
Faisant grêler mille perlettes rondes,
De ses trésors les prés enrichissait :

Quand d'occident, comme une étoile vive,
Je vis sortir dessus ta verte rive,
O fleuve mien ! une nymphe en riant.

Alors, voyant cette nouvelle Aurore,
Le jour honteux d'un double teint colore
Et l'Angevin et l'indique orient.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), "Déjà la nuit en son parc amassait", appears in L'Olive [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Déjà la nuit en son parc amassait", 1953 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges (Jerzy) Nawrocki , "Déjà la nuit en son parc", <<1971 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Already night is assembling in her pen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 87

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